Today I bought ~ January 2013

It's a new month, a new year. I have a gift card and Christmas money that I'm dying to spend, but I can't quite decide between a few favorite fragrances. Soooo, tell me, tell me ... what have you bought this month?

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I am trying to not buy as well. I might even try to sell off a few back up bottles of fragrances, though discontinued, that do not really need backing up any more. There are a lot of things I bought in the first throes of passion that I no longer wear with any regularity, or which were so darn reasonable that I stocked up as if I would get to love them....alas.

Anyway, if I had a wish list it would be:
Penhaligon's Night Scented Stock
Ellenisia
I came very close to giving these to myself as presents but abandoned the shopping cart every time!

Re: Today I bought ~ January 2013

I could not resist three deals on eBay. I bought a full bottle of VintageChanel no.19 EDP for $58 (I thought that was a great deal), a Vintage bottle of Hermes Amazone EDT for $28 (another good deal) and am bidding on a bottle of Kenzo Jungle PH for $16 (no other bidders yet and hope to win this beauty too). I don't have the money in my budget for these, but the sickness has gotten hold of me! I won't be buying anything else for a while!

Re: Today I bought ~ January 2013

Originally Posted by southerngardens

I could not resist three deals on eBay. I bought a full bottle of VintageChanel no.19 EDP for $58 (I thought that was a great deal), a Vintage bottle of Hermes Amazone EDT for $28 (another good deal) and am bidding on a bottle of Kenzo Jungle PH for $16 (no other bidders yet and hope to win this beauty too). I don't have the money in my budget for these, but the sickness has gotten hold of me! I won't be buying anything else for a while!

Re: Today I bought ~ January 2013

Purchased on ebay : A mini of Angel La Rose and sample vials of Peoney,Lily and Violet.(Blind Buy first of the year!)
Full bottle (vintage) of Basile .I think it's 1.7oz and the other vintage of it was up in the $48-90ish range .I paid about $15 with shipping.-this is also a blind buy based on" I smell therefore I am" Brian's review" Subtley spiced green rose somewhere between Opium and L'Arte de Gucci"?????and it was under $10 for a full size vintage? AAANNND I have Christmas money? No question.

Re: Today I bought ~ January 2013

as i did not have time to shop before and after christmas (away on hols) and also did not get any perfumes as christmas presents (even though i hinted) upon my return to civilization i got the following (mfk oud, chambre noire and volutes where december buys but i have to be honest and say that i don't have the time to make another post in the december thread and take a different pic just for those, sorry):
dior vetiver 250ml - ebay
dior granville 125ml - swap
rochas lui 50ml - swap - thank you alfarom for recommending me to try this, love it.
mfk oud 70ml
diptyque volutes 50ml - ebay
olfactive studio chambre noire 100ml, partly used - french ebay
pg cuir d'iris 50ml
honore des pres chaman's party 50ml - thank you hedonist for recommending this gem
naomi goodsir bois d'ascese 50ml - ausliebezumduft
the different company sel de vetiver 90ml - ausliebezumduft
carthusia 1681 50ml - thank you alfarom for recommending this, amazing masculine iris
2 x 5ml d&g by man - swap
10ml decant of l'artisan parfumeur al oudh
10ml decant of micallef yellow sea
10ml decant of guerlain l'ame d'un heros

Re: Today I bought ~ January 2013

Originally Posted by Larimar

Quite the haul, danny! Congratulations!
Can you share your feelings for the Dior Vetiver please? Comparisons?

thank you larimar, i went a bit overboard. L, dior vetiver is one of the best vetivers i've tried so far. it's a perfectly executed, soft, refined vetiver, quite linear, what makes it unique is the coffee note which is not overly done and is integrated perfectly in its construction. it's not too green, but also not too woody or smoky (didn't detect any smoke), it uses very high quality ingredients and it shows. it has amazing longevity but it wears close to the skin and it doesn't over project which for some is a plus. i'd definitely recommend it to people who generally are afraid of or hate vetivers as a must try. this for me is a 'mature' vetiver, along the lines of let's say givenchy's vetiver, worn by an elegantly dressed/suited man in his 40's. i still have one or two 5ml official sample bottles i think, i'd be happy to send it to you, let me know.

Re: Today I bought ~ January 2013

Today I ALMOST bought a 15ml bottle of bois des iles parfum - outbid on ebay by £2 - grrr!

Bought a used 6.8 oz bottle of bois des iles edt instead, now I can spray my favourite fragrance with reckless abandon ;-)

My only other january perfume purchase was a 30ml bottle of samsara edp for €38 in the boots sale (not as 'loud' as I remember - it is almost subtle on me - love it).
I hadn't bought any perfume since summer - trying to keep my spending in check!

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I used to wear Gai Mattiolo when it first launched (mid-90s, I think). I'd forgotten all about it until a recent glowing mention by a friend on another perfume board. If I'm remembering it right it was very pretty, along the lines of Allure. Found a one ounce bottle online for a tad over $20, so couldn't resist ordering it.

I received some Christmas cash which I think I will put towards a purchase of Vol de Nuit.

"I felt something so intense, I could only express it in a perfume." - Jacques Guerlain

Re: Today I bought ~ January 2013

great choice tdem 1961!

I am not buying - I am not buying - I am not buying :-) YET!
I want to downsize my wardrobe now. Yet BEFORE Christmas I welcomed bottles of Shalimar Ode a la Vanille Madagascar, Loukhoum au Poudrée, Yvresse, My Queen.
I hope to get my beloved Rousse in a swap here - that would be my first new bottle of this year.

Re: Today I bought ~ January 2013

La Chasse Aux Papillons body butter 200ml. I own the EDT, but it's ever so fleeting that I thought perhaps layering would make it more potent. I guess I'll also pick up the body oil, if layering with the body butter doesn't sort out the projection and longevity issues.

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Oh, and I also sold a 6.8oz bottle of Chanel's Coromandel for more than what I'd paid for it. It was a blind, impulse buy a year ago but patchouli is a note which doesn't agree with my skin. One of my new year resolutions is NOT to spend any more money on fragrances but to downsize my collection and use the money from the sales to get new fragrances.

Re: Today I bought ~ January 2013

I will be getting 5mls of Dior Oud Ispahan. There was a split more than a month ago but the girl who organizes didn't want the money earlier but at the moment when she'll be in Poland to visit her family and to post all decants here to make shipping cheaper. So spending money now counts as buying it

Re: Today I bought ~ January 2013

I recieved a edt bottle of BBW Cashmere Glow for Christmas (was wishlist-nice apricot/vanilla/amber with a bit of woods musk)but when I went to uncap and spray some the entire spray sheared off! So it would have to go back . Any edt is WAY too strong to have the whole bottle open like that so like any good perfumista I promptly dumped the contents into a clean empty stopper bottle I had sitting around.
I took the stoppered bottle in with me along with the broken original and the store gave me store credit for the regular price of the bottle and I got to keep the old juice !
So I used the credit to get some Orange Sapphire shower gel, (3-4)Forever Sunshine gels,a lotion and a shower gel of Lemon Vanilla,an Oak shower gel and body spray.The Citron was kind of nice too -I may go back for that.

Re: Today I bought ~ January 2013

Today I ALMOST bought a 15ml bottle of bois des iles parfum - outbid on ebay by £2 - grrr!

Bought a used 6.8 oz bottle of bois des iles edt instead, now I can spray my favourite fragrance with reckless abandon ;-)

My only other january perfume purchase was a 30ml bottle of samsara edp for €38 in the boots sale (not as 'loud' as I remember - it is almost subtle on me - love it).
I hadn't bought any perfume since summer - trying to keep my spending in check!

Yeah!!! You finally got it!!! Now, do keep going after the parfum Both are wonderful.

Re: Today I bought ~ January 2013

Originally Posted by cello

Yeah!!! You finally got it!!! Now, do keep going after the parfum Both are wonderful.

Thanks for the encouragement Cello :-) I already have a 75ml of bois des iles I bought in july, but I wear it several days every week so I'm draining it faster than any perfume I've ever owned! I love catching little whiffs of it throughout the day. I will eventually get a bottle of the parfum.

We have a few likes in common cello - bois des iles, cuir de russie, iris poudre & cadjmere to name a few!

Re: Today I bought ~ January 2013

Ebay has lured me again...This is what I get for having Christmas cash and getting a nasty cold on Christmas day Zero resistance..Do you think it could be a medical side effect?

Half a bottle of Jungle L'Elephant 'bout $18 shipped,and a tube of Enjoy lotion,and shower gel,and a mini for $14.50 shipped.
Total blind buy on the Kenzo .Based on glowwing reviews Youtube Teresa and Basenotes'Ducky get the blame or praise for this one.

Re: Today I bought ~ January 2013

I spent my Christmas gift certificate to Love Potions - a little nervous about trying pheromones. I love sexy fragrances, but pheromones might go over the edge for me into manipulation...

I read some of the input on their boards, and there are some true horror stories about slathering themselves down with the juices before heading out clubbing, to attract a partner. Couldn't they smell themselves before they went out of the house? Pretty funny.

I also put in an order to Surrender to Chance - lots of samples and decants, which I'm really looking forward to, and finally a decant of Jicky. What took me so long to appreciate it? It's great stuff. I'm getting the edp.

Re: Today I bought ~ January 2013

I finally ordered the Musk tonkin, too, which I have longed for way to long, and tossed in a bottle of Ambre Sultan, plus a backup on gucci Rush just because the price was great. Going to sell off a lot of bottles so I figured its forgivable
Congratilations on all your finds, its a shame the dont sell out fumes the way they do clothes this time of year!

Re: Today I bought ~ January 2013

Flying back from Japan today, went to the Hermès shop at Narita. Got a gift set of four 15 ml Hermessences: Iris Ukiyoé, Poivre Samarcande, Vanille Gallant, and Santal Massoïa. It turned out to be somewhat cheaper than had I gotten them at the Hermès boutique here. About $130 versus $145 plus tax. The SA quoted me at $123 for the current exchange rate.

I don't know much about medicine, but I know what I like. -- S.J. Perelman

Re: Today I bought ~ January 2013

I've been crazy for soft and sensuous musks lately, and I just placed an order for Pearl Musk by Ava Luxe.

Science is not only compatible with spirituality, it is a profound source of spirituality. When we recognize our place in an immensity of light-years and in the passage of ages, when we grasp the intricacy, beauty, and subtlety of life, then that soaring feeling, that sense of elation and humility combined, is surely spiritual...Carl Sagan

Re: Today I Bought: January 2012

Originally Posted by rubegon

I've been wanting a vintage bottle of Vol de Nuit extrait for a long time, and finally got it. It's a 2.5 oz. bottle, apparently 1950s vintage, sealed in box.

Buying vintage VdN always terrifies me R. I have bought vintage VdN in the past that has turned and really couldn't be worn at all...that particular note in the top notes (jonquil?) just smells absolutely horrible when it ages improperly. I hope yours smells wonderful. I happen to be thoroughly enjoying my 'new' VdN parfum that I got last year, so I'm set myself.

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Originally Posted by shadesofbleu

I bought a decant of L'Heure de Nuit ... there is no way I can afford a FB ... unless I win the lottery this weekend!

((jealous))

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Originally Posted by gandhajala

I just received another bottle of vintage Cuir de Russie. It's in excellent condition, too.

So how many bottles is that of CdR gandhajala?

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